The Wounded

bringing up actual groups and battles during the war. Cold Mountain really portrays the struggles of a soldier through Inman’s point of view and chapters. One of the struggles the book helps show is the struggle soldiers have to go through when wounded. The part it shows this is when Inman is shot in the neck…

of the service to the country and patients is shown by Sister Alicia Kelly, “During one bombing raid in August 1917, Sister Kelly shielded her patients ' heads with enamel wash basins and bedpans. A chaplain found her in a hospital tent, holding a wounded man 's hand as the bombs fell. "I couldn 't leave my patients," she said simply.” (Australian War Memorial,…

Henry Tandey in the First World War, thus changing the course of 20th century history, is a sensational story without any foundation. The programme shows a British soldier, Henry Tandey, having Hitler in his sights but letting him go because he was wounded and unarmed. It claims this was one of the greatest what-ifs of history. What if Tandey had pulled the trigger? The whole of 20th century history would have been changed. (The History Channel, The World Wars, YouTube, A British Soldier…

This passages touches on the theme of power and dominance. It also sheds some light on female sexuality. Carmilla although seemingly human is not. Because of this she is able to draw people in and deceive them. This is exactly what she had done with Laura. Carmilla has enough strength to over power Laura if she wanted to, but instead she choices to not only befriend her, but to form a strong relationship. The question is why? Why does Carmilla take the time to get close to Laura. Mainly it’s for…

During the time of the Civil War, women expanded their roles from being mainly focused on their homes and families to stepping up to help with the war effort for the first time in history. They had new responsibilities and priorities beyond being mothers and wives. Women contributed to the war effort supporting either the Union or Confederate army. Meanwhile in the North, women formed ladies’ aid societies in order to maintain supplies for the Union troops. For example, women provided food for…

her stomach. But she brushed it off kissed her husband George goodbye and went ahead and went into work. She was a surgical resident at a nearby hospital and had just started on her daily rounds when the call came in. He was a gunshot victim, badly wounded and barely hanging on for dear life. He had gotten in an altercation with a 16-year-old boy about a parking spot when the young man pulled out a hand gun and didn’t hesitate at all when it came to pulling the trigger. He didn’t just pull the…

Treaty of Versailles Malak Al-Nuaimi B6 The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. At the end of World War I (1914-1918), victorious Allied Powers negotiated a series of peace treaties to impose on the defeated Central Powers. They arranged different treaties with Austria and Hungary, after the dissolution of Austro-Hungarian…

During the night, both of the armies tend their wounded and combine their lines. On September 19, after realizing that no further attacks were coming from McClellan, Lee withdrew from the battlefield and slipped back across the Potomac into Virginia. Even though the battle was considered a draw, President…

identification tag is banded on the male loon and not the female. The male gets hurt because it was hooked by a big, six-inch fishing lure, which she tries to catch, but she cannot. Later, Ms. Walden returns to the lake, and she finds out that a wounded loon with a hook in its foot got taken to the vet. She immediately thinks that the bird that got taken to the vest was the male loon, but she sees a bird diving and crying for its mate, so she realizes that it is the banded male and not the…

In a time of war anything can happen, especially during a civil war. In this short story there are two snipers, the Republican and the Free Stater, an old woman, and a third man. Both snipers are on roofs on opposite sides from each other in Dublin, Ireland. An armored car crosses O’Connell Bridge and stops just below the sniper’s position. An old woman with a shawl around her head comes out of a side street to talk with a man in the turret of the armored car. The sniper wants to shoot at the…